Taxonomic subdivisions within the fossorial skink subfamily Acontinae (Squamata: Scincidae) reconsidered: A multilocus perspective

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-362

  Daniels, Savel R ^a   Heideman, Neil J L ^b   Hendricks, Martin G J ^c   Crandall, Keith A ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONTIAS; ACONTIAS GRACILICAUDA GRACILICAUDA; ACONTIAS MELEAGRIS; ACONTIAS PERCIVALI; ACONTIAS PERCIVALI PERCIVALI; ACONTOPHIOPS; BREVICEPS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; TYPHLOSAURUS;

EID: 33745091757     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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